Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Radio, Television, & Film
Graduate Program in Mass Communication & Media Studies
School of Communications
Howard University
My research interest centers on political/social and policy implications of new technologies, spanning the fields of communication policy, media institutions, and new media users. My works (will) appear in International Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Telecommunications Policy, Javnost-the public, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journal of Communication, Computers in Human Behavior, Info: Journal of Policy, Regulation, and Telecommunications, The Information Society, Government Information Quarterly, Communication Teacher, Journal of Information Policy, and Sociology Compass. In addition, I was EPIC research fellow and contributed to East Asian section of Privacy & Human Rights Report by the EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) in Washington DC. More than 20 of my works have been presented at numerous referred conferences such as TPRC, AEJMC, ICA, MPSA, NCA, and IAMCR. My work on the effect of media ownership consolidation has been cited in a number of policy reports, mostly recently concerning FCC policy on NBC Universal/Comcast merger proposal. Another work regarding digital information explosion has been covered in well-known media outlets such as the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal. Underlying emphasis in my works is to generate empirical research with concrete policy and social values for the FTC and the FCC decision-makings.
At Howard, I teach Communication Policy, Research Method, History of Broadcasting & Film, Emerging New Communication Technologies, and Race, Gender, Media. I am also a member of Howard Media Group, a social science research group with the goal of expanding access to the (new) media among underserved communities and users.
My current projects examine how (1) institutional and (2) cultural forces harness the participatory nature of new technology as this applies to digital information privacy control. Another line of research includes survey projects that examine minority-user communities in Internet uses and skills, with practical implications on the FCC broadband/health policy reformulation.
I
obtained Ph.D. in Communications, from University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MA in Communication Management, from Annenberg School of
Communication, University of Southern California, and BA in Media
Studies, from University of San Francisco.
Howard: Radio, Television, & Film
University of Michigan: Communication StudiesOxford University, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies: PCMLP
yongjin.park@howard.edu